ammonites
Calymene conspicua Comm. in E Baltic (Silurian of Estonia)

Where: Estonia (58.0° N, 22.4° E: paleocoordinates 12.8° S, 0.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Ohesaare (418.7 - 416.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous mudstone and limestone

• "Occurs mainly in calcareous mudstones and biomicrite, probably representing a subturbulent shelf environment. Rare articulated trilobites. Assigned to BA 3."

Collection methods: Present but not listed are common bryozoans, crinoids, bivalves, corals, and sporadically abundant brachiopods of Homoeospira Community. Trilobites are minor component of benthos.

Primary reference: R. Mannil and M. Rubel. 1999. Selected brachiopod and trilobite communities of the East Baltic Silurian. in A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson, eds. Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 253-270 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote] more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13731: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 22.04.2002